The Latest Breaking News from Immigration

What does the universal credit immigration data show?

The majority of claimants are people who live or work in the UK without any immigration restrictions.

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

PM wants fewer jobless foreign nationals on benefits as first-time data released

The vast majority of people on universal credit are British and Irish nationals and those who live or work in the UK without immigration restrictions.

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

ICE says migrants are ineligible for bail hearings which could leave them in jail for years while courts hearings play out

The policy shift comes as ICE received billions of dollars to increase the number of migrants in detention

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

Number of universal credit claimants who don’t need to work soars by 1m in a year, shocking data shows

Data showing the immigration status of people claiming universal credit has been published for the first time

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

Data shows immigration status of universal credit claimants for first time

Universal credit is a payment to help with living costs and is available for people on low incomes or those who are out of work or cannot work.

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’

Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

The Guardian - US · Jul 15, 2025

Immigration agents demand tenant information from landlords, stirring questions and confusion

Immigration authorities are pressuring landlords to share tenant information, including leases and IDs

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

The Original Alcatraz Closed for Costing Too Much. Alligator Alcatraz Should Too.

Florida’s elected officials should learn from the original facility that inspired the state’s newest immigrant detention center's name, and change course before it’s too late.

Reason · Jul 14, 2025

Farm worker who died after California Ice raid was ‘hardworking and innocent’, family says

Jaime Alanís, 57, died a day after falling off a greenhouse roof during an immigration raid of a cannabis farm

The Guardian - US · Jul 14, 2025

Hundreds of 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detainees Don't Have Criminal Records

Trump said the prison camp would hold "some of the most vicious people on the planet," but a list obtained by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Tribune shows otherwise.

Reason · Jul 14, 2025